In brief: Film screening at Bartlett High

Shelby County Schools' department of exceptional children will host a public screening of the award-winning documentary, "Including Samuel," at Bartlett High School Monday night.

In the film, photojournalist Dan Habib, whose son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, examines the inclusion of people with disabilities and documents his family's journey to include Samuel in all facets of their life.

Habib will answer questions for audience members at the free screening at 6:30 p.m. in Bartlett High's auditorium at 5688 Woodlawn. Representatives of special education groups in the region will also be on hand.

For more information about the documentary, visit includingsamuel.com.

-- Sherri Drake Silence

DOWNTOWN

Rights panel has ear for problems

The Tennessee Human Rights Commission will hold a Listening Session on Thursday at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Participants will be able to discuss personal experiences, ask questions and file formal complaints with the commission.

The free session begins at 5:30 p.m. at the museum at 926 E. McLemore Ave.

The commission's function is to safeguard Tennesseans from employment, housing and public accommodations discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, age, national origin or familial status.

-- Linda A. Moore

RHODES COLLEGE

Talk to address oil leak in Gulf

Behind every story is a story, so in his talk, "Estimating the Magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak," at Rhodes College on Wednesday, Tim Crone will address the magnitude and long-term effects of the blowout and oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico. He will also touch on the role played by the media and independent researchers in shaping the story and the science of the unprecedented event.

Crone is assistant research professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. He will discuss his investigation into the flow rates of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil leak and his work on seafloor hydrothermal systems that underpinned those efforts.

His 6 p.m. talk in Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall is free and open to the public. Crone's appearance is sponsored by the Rhodes College Environmental Studies and Sciences Program.

-- Fredric Koeppel

ARTS

'Les Miserables' set at Briarcrest

Briarcrest Christian High School theater students are presenting "Les Miserables" at the school, 6000 Briarcrest.

Show time is 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and March 3-4. Matinee performances are 2 p.m. Saturday and March 5.

Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for students. Reduced student tickets are available for selected shows.

Tickets available at briarcrest.com/lesmiserables.

-- Jane Roberts

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